Welcome to Sweden

Television series
Original title	Welcome to Sweden
Country of production	Sweden , United States
original language	English
Year (s)	2014-2015
length	22 minutes
Episodes	20 in 2 seasons
genre	Comedy
Theme music	"Living in America" by The Sounds
idea	Greg Poehler
First broadcast	March 21, 2014 on TV24 (Sweden), NBC (United States)
German-language ; first broadcast	January 15, 2015 on NDR
occupation
	Greg Poehler : Bruce Evans; Josephine Bornebusch : Emma Wiik; Lena Olin : Viveka Börjesson; Claes Månsson : Birger Wiik;

Welcome to Sweden is a Swedish-American co-production television series that has been broadcast since 2014. The comedy revolves around the relationship between the Swede Emma, played by Josephine Bornebusch , and the American Bruce, played by Greg Poehler , when the two move to Sweden. The series is based on Greg Poehler's own experiences with his immigration to Sweden.

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The tax advisor Bruce meets Emma while working in New York and the two begin a love affair. They decide to move to Emma's homeland in Sweden. From now on, an essential part of the series is the migration of the American Bruce to Sweden, the dealings with Emma's family and the associated socio-cultural tensions between Bruce's American self-image and the unwritten rules of Swedish society.

Charisma

The series has premiered on TV24 in Sweden since March 21, 2014 . A few months later it was broadcast in the USA on NBC . In Germany, the series is broadcast by NDR . It received mostly positive reviews in Sweden, the USA and Germany.

The first episode of the first season had the highest audience rating of all episodes in Sweden with 1,681,000 viewers. In the United States, the first episode was also the most successful, with 3.51 million viewers.

The German-language broadcast of the first season was broadcast from January 15 to February 12, 2015 on the NDR channel .

In addition, the broadcaster rbb started broadcasting the first season on July 29, 2015.

Guest actor

The series features guest appearances by a number of well-known American actors and musicians, including Will Ferrell , Gene Simmons , Aubrey Plaza and Greg Poehler's sister Amy Poehler , but Swedish stars such as Björn Ulvaeus and Björn Ranelid have also made appearances as themselves.